380 J^otices of ncxc and beautiful Plants. 



indifferent ones may be removed, but certainly not the best. 

 Propagation by layers or pipings is best done about the last 

 week in May, or early in June; to be resumed in September, 

 when the powerful heat of the sun is on the decline; for it 

 is almost a waste of time and labor either to pipe or lay 

 between those two dates, after the flower-stems have become 

 elongated, dry, and hollow." 



Dycotyledonous, Monopetalous Plants. 

 CLXX. Ericdcem. 



RHODODENDRON. 



A new variety is figured in Paxton's Magazine of Botany 

 for June, which was raised from seed by Mr. Knight of the 

 exotic nursery, King's road, Chelsea, who now possesses the 

 only plants. It was produced from the seed of the true R. 

 arboreum, and is considered a singular deviation from the 

 original color of the species. It is almost white, with the 

 exception of the penciling of the inner base of the petals, 

 which is of a rosy red; the edges are also fringed: it is a 

 grand addition to this magnificent genus. It is named R. 

 arborea fimbriata. 



CLXXIV. Campanulacem. 



CAMPANULA. 



garganica Alph. The harebell of St. Aiigelo. A green-house plant, of low ranibling growth ; 

 flowering in July; color purplish blue; propagated by seeds and division of tlie roots; a na- 

 tive of Italy. Bot. Reg., t. 1763. 



This is a beautiful little species, and a valuable addition 

 to the genus. It is a perennial, growing " wild on Mount 

 Gargano, among the ruins of the ancient Monastery, and near 

 St. Angelo." It will not stand the winter of the English 

 climate, owing to the heavy rains, and humid atmosphere: 

 it may, however, live through ours. The flowers are axil- 

 lary, on long racemes; corolla deeply five cleft, pale blue 

 inside, and light purple outside; leaves reniform. It flowered 

 for the first time in the garden of Mrs. Marryatt at Wimble- 

 ton, in July, 1834. {Bot. Reg., June.) 



CLXXXVI. Compos'itce. 



CRASPEDIA (from fnig^e, in allusion, probably, to the appearance of the pappus), 

 macrocephala Hooker. Large-headed Craspedia. A perennial frame plant, growing about 

 eighteen inches high; flowers white ; propagated by seeds ; a native of Van Dieman's Land. 

 Bot. Mag., t. 3415. 



A " very interesting plant," raised from seeds, by Mr. Cur- 

 tis of Gla'zenwood. The foliage has somewhat the appear- 

 ance of Ammobium alatum, "but of a more bluish green, 

 and the smell of the flowers resemble that of honey-comb or 

 of the Buddlea globosa." Leaves oblong, alternate, short on 

 the stem, but large near the roots. Stem terminated by a 

 large head of flowers. The seeds were collected " by Mr. 

 William Davidson, the curator of the Hobart-town Botanic 

 Garden, on Mount Wellington, at an elevation of three thou- 

 sand feet above the level of the sea." {Bot. Mag., June.) 



